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From: Vishal Annapurve <vannapurve@google.com>
To: seanjc@google.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com
Cc: rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com, dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com,
	mizhang@google.com,  kai.huang@intel.com, jmattson@google.com,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org,  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Vishal Annapurve <vannapurve@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: TDX: Set the has_protected_pmu flag for TDX VMs
Date: Thu,  7 May 2026 00:36:13 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260507003613.1784851-3-vannapurve@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260507003613.1784851-1-vannapurve@google.com>

TDX module virtualizes PMU for TDX VMs[1]. Host has following
toggles to control the PMU functionality exposed to TDX VMs:
1) Configure TD_PARAMS to allow guests to use performance monitoring.
2) Restrict the TD to a subset of the PEBS counters if supported.
3) Limit the TD to setup a certain perfmon events using basic/enhanced
   event filtering.

KVM will need to be enlightened to support these toggles.

Explicitly set the hast_protected_pmu flag to avoid KVM trying to manage
PMU state for TDX VMs using existing PMU virtualization framework.

[1] Section 15.2: https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/733575

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Vishal Annapurve <vannapurve@google.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
index 1e47c194af53..eb4b4518e6f0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
@@ -638,6 +638,12 @@ int tdx_vm_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 	kvm->arch.has_private_mem = true;
 	kvm->arch.disabled_quirks |= KVM_X86_QUIRK_IGNORE_GUEST_PAT;
 
+	/*
+	 * PMU support is provided by the TDX-Module (if enabled for the VM).
+	 * From KVM's perspective, the VM doesn't have a virtual PMU.
+	 */
+	kvm->arch.has_protected_pmu = true;
+
 	/*
 	 * Because guest TD is protected, VMM can't parse the instruction in TD.
 	 * Instead, guest uses MMIO hypercall.  For unmodified device driver,
-- 
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-07  0:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-07  0:36 [PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: TDX: Disable PMU virtualization for TDX VMs Vishal Annapurve
2026-05-07  0:36 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: x86: Introduce arch specific has_protected_pmu state Vishal Annapurve
2026-05-07 13:15   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-07  0:36 ` Vishal Annapurve [this message]
2026-05-07 13:23   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: TDX: Set the has_protected_pmu flag for TDX VMs Sean Christopherson

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